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Bidding for a Chicago Cubs home pinstripe jersey worn by Ernie Banks in 1968 soared past $33,000 in the opening 24 hours of bidding as SCP Auctions launched its 2015 Mid-Summer Classic.
The jersey, given by Banks to a family friend and photo matched to images of him wearing it that season, is one of only a small number of confirmed Banks game jerseys still in existence. For … [Read more...]

Tommie Smith couldn't find a buyer. Now, Lee Evans is giving it a shot.
Evans captured two gold medals in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Now he's trying to sell them in hopes of raising $250,000 to help build a school in Liberia.
"I don't need the medals," he told the San Jose Mercury-News. "I need money to build the school."
Last year, Smith made a few … [Read more...]

The first 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey gold medal ever offered in a public auction sold for $310,700 Friday night. The winning bid from a memorabilia collector was three times higher than the pre-sale estimate, according to Heritage Auctions.
The medal belonged to Mark Wells, then a 21-year-old center. Needing money for medical bills resulting from a rare … [Read more...]